In Karsheli, there are prisoners who have no files and not at all known to the legal authorities. They have been locked behind bars not for months but years. All you need to do is to slightly open the doors and see the dirt, the hunger,…

In 2002-2003, Elsa Chyrum, an Eritrean human rights activist, was actively involved in assisting Eritreans who were held in captivity in Malta. Due to her efforts (and other human rights activists), many Eritreans were spared deportation to Eritrea. The following testimony was provided to her by…

On 14th April 2003, the Secretariat of the African Commission received a communication brought by Article 19 against the State of Eritrea, a State Party to the African Charter. Article 19 states that it is concerned especially about the continued detention incommunicado without trial of at least 18…

Since becoming an independent country in 1993, my country consistently and routinely harasses, imprisons, and tortures Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The complaint filed by Dr Liesbeth Zegveld, an international lawyer, and  Mr Mussie Ephrem, an Eritrean living in Sweden, against the State of Eritrea, a State Party to the African Charter. http://www.achpr.org/files/sessions/34th/comunications/250.02/achpr34_250_02_eng.pdf

Life Under PFDJ Introduction by the editor Mussie Hadgu has been relating to us his horrifying experience of Life under the PFDJ. In the first instalment of this series, he described the inhumane condition of Adersesr prison (otherwise known as Hadish Measker) near the border to Sudan, under…